Calamaria ingeri

Calamaria ingeri
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Calamaria
Species:	C. ingeri
Binomial name
	Calamaria ingeri; Grismer, Kaiser & Yaakob, 2004

Last updated May 05, 2024

Calamaria ingeri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Malaysia.^[2]

Geographic range

C. ingeri is endemic to Tioman Island in Malaysia.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. ingeri is forest.^[1]

Behavior

C. ingeri is terrestrial and fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

C. ingeri is oviparous.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, ingeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger.^[2]^[3]

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References

1 2 3 4 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Calamaria ingeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T176626A1442469. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176626A1442469.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 3 Calamaria ingeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2020.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria ingeri, p. 129).